Basket



R. G. HEMPHILL.

Mar. 13, 1923.

BASKET.

FILED DEC. l2. 192i.

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Patented Mar. 13, 1923. i

UNITED. STT FECE.

ROBERT G. HEMPI-IILL, OF BARBERTON, OHIO.

BASKET.

Application filed December 12, 1921. Serial No. 521,724.

To au whom t may concern: formed that the head will pass through the Beit known that I, RoBER'r G. HEMrI-HLL, same when the part carrying theeyelet has a citizen of the United States, residing at been turned toone position but said head 45 Barberton, in the county of Summit andwill be prevented from passing through the State of Ohio, have inventednew' and useeyelet when the handle is in carrying posiful Improvementsin Baskets, of which the tion. This hook engages both the rail andfollowing is a specification. a part of the side of the basket so thatthe This invention relates: to improvements in strain is distributed toboth the rail and baskets, the principal object of the invenside. Thehook is provided with abent part tion being to provide a basket with aiieXible 7 for engaging the rail of the basket. The handle. handle is ofsuch a length that it will not Another object of the invention is tomake drop into the bottom of the basket when in one side of the handledetachable from the engagement with the hook. 55 basket so that thebaskets can be nested t will thus be seen that the handle can whendesired and also to facilitate packing be removed from the hook topermit a numof the baskets, ber of baskets to be nested together or to yThis invention also consists in certain facilitate packing of thematerial in the other features of construction and in the basket or itsremoval therefrom. This re- 6o combination and arrangement of thesevmovable handle .will also enable the coneral parts, to be hereinafterfully described, tents of the basket to be displayed without illustratedin the accompanying drawings the handle obstructing the view. andspecifically pointed out in the appended It is thought from theforegoing descrip- Claim, tion that the advantages and novel features 65In describing my invention in detail, ref- 0f my invention will bereadily apparent. erence will be had to the accompanying` l desire it tobe understood that I may drawings wherein like characters denote likemake changes in the construction and in or corresponding partsthroughout the sevthe combination and arrangement of the eral views, andin which several parts, provided that such changes 70 Figure l is a viewshowing the handle in fall within the scope of the appended cla-im.connected position. What I claim is Figures 2 and 3 are detail views. Abasketv having a handle made of in these views 1 indicates the basketwhich fexible material and means for detachably is provided with theusual rail 2.' The securing one end of the handle to the basket, 75handle 3 is formed of flexible material such such means consisting of amember having as leather and one end is permanently sehooks thereon forengaging portions of the cured to one side of the basket, as shown atbasket and a head which is located above 4. The other endl is providedwith an eyethe edge of the basket, said handle having let 5 and a hook 6is connected with the an eyelet therein which is adapted to be 80basket, at the side opposite to that to which placed over said head.

40 the handle is permanently secured, for en- In testimony whereof I aixmy signagaging the eyelet. This hook is provided ture. with an enlargedhead and the eyelet is so ROBERT G. HEMPHILL.

